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Elliott: Blaze, Dawgs, Mets place four each on PG First Team

Langley Blaze RHP Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC) the top rated Canuck high schooler earned Perfect Game First Team honors.

March 21, 2022

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Three of Canada’s top elite teams led the way on the Perfect Game All-Region honours for 2022.

The Langley Blaze, Okotoks Dawgs and Toronto Mets each had four players named to the Canada/Puerto Rico Region All-Senior First Team.

Langley, coached by Jamie Bodaly and Doug Mathieson, had RHP Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC), INF Nathan Kirkpatrick (Surrey, BC), OF Camden Rendell (Upper Tantallon, NS), who also attends King’s-Edgehill and RHP Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC). Bucknam is headed to LSU and Zibin has committed to Kentucky.

Okotoks Dawgs RHP Matthew Grabmann (Dartmouth, BS)

The Dawgs saw RHP Matthew Grabmann (Dartmouth, NS), OF Max Hartman (Okotoks, Alta.), RHP Conor Pote (Okotoks, Alta.) and RHP Boston Warkentin (Ladner, BC). Grabmann is Oregon bound, Hartman has committed to Washington State, Pote has signed with Oregon State while Warkentin is a Washington signee.

The four horsemen of the Toronto Mets include: OF Charlie Iriotakis (Toronto, Ont.), OF Jacob Miller (Oshawa, Ont.), RHP Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) and RHP Zakery Szabo (Whitby, Ont.).

Iriotakis had committed to William & Mary, Miller will go to Chipola, Spoljaric has signed to attend Oregon and Szabo will take classes at Troy.

The Academy Baseball Canada, the FieldHouse Pirates and the Ontario Blue Jays all had three players each named to the first Team.

Academy Baseball Canada’s 2B Daoust (Repentigny, Que.),

ABC had 2B Louka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.), RHP Louis-Philip Langevin (Québec, Que.) and RHP Mathieu Voros (Anjou, Que.) on the First Team.

The three FieldHouse players were C Cameron Gurney (Scotland, Ont.), RHP Owen Millar (Burlington, Ont.) and INF Nathaniel Ochoa (Burlington, Ont.).

And the trio of Ontario Blue Jays were RHP Kansai Sugimoto (Mississauga, Ont.), RHP Quinn Tavares (Mississauga, Ont.) and Sam White (Aurora, Ont.).

The Ontario Terriers had two players named in C Colin Cymbalista (Pickering, Ont.) and C Hugh Pinkney (Etobicoke, Ont.).

Clubs who had one player represented included: Great Lake Canadians, King’s-Edgehill Academy, Mississauga Tigers -- which led the PG Under Classmen First team -- London Badgers, Pro5 Baseball Academy, Vauxhall Academy Jets, White Butte Broncos and the White Rock Titans.

Combining the First Team and Honourable Mention selections the Ontario Blue Jays led the way with 20 players. Next came the ABC with nine and the Toronto Mets with seven apiece. The Blaze and Terriers had six each.


Canada/PuertoRico Region All High School Senior 1st Team

Name Position Hometown HS Summer Commitment Drafted

Micah Bucknam RHP Abbotsford, BC Langley Blaze LSU Blue Jays (16)

Caleb Clark LHP Orillia, Ont. Great Lake Canadians Nebraska

Colin Cymbalista C Pickering, Ont. Ontario Terriers Palm Beach Select

Louka Daoust 2B Repentigny, Que. Academy Baseball Canada West Virginia

Taeg Gollert 2B Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Rawlings National Scout Team Missouri State


Matthew Grabmann RHP Dartmouth, NS Okotoks Dawgs Northeast Baseball Oregon

Cameron Gurney C Scotland, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates Utah

Max Hartman OF Okotoks, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs Washington State

Charlie Iriotakis OF Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets

Nathan Kirkpatrick SS Surrey, BC Langley Blaze

ABC’s RHP Louis-Philip Langevin (Québec, Que.) is off to Wabash Valley College


Louis-Philip Langevin RHP Québec, Que. ABC Wabash Valley College

Carson Lumley RHP London, Ont. London Badgers Florida Burn Bowling Green State

Chase Marshall RHP Surrey, BC White Rock Tritons

Anson McGorman RHP Parksville, BC Vauxhall Academy Jets Utah

Jacob Miller OF Oshawa, Ont. Toronto Mets GB Navy Chipola



Jay Miller RHP Cornerbrook, NL Pro5 Baseball Academy Dirtbags All Blacks1 UNC-Greensboro

Owen Millar RHP Burlington, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates Kansas

Nathaniel Ochoa SS Burlington, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates Alabama

Hugh Pinkney C Toronto, Ont. Ontario Terriers Diamond Jacks Super 17 Rutgers

Conor Pote RHP Okotoks, Alta. Okotoks Dawgs Oregon State


Camden Rendell OF Upper Tantallon, NS King’s-Edgehill Brewers Langley Blaze

Turner Spoljaric RHP Lisle, Ont. Toronto Mets Oregon

Kansai Sugimoto RHP Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Yavapai College

Zakery Szabo RHP Whitby, Ont. Toronto Mets P27 Blacksmiths Troy

Quinn Tavares RHP Mississauga, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Eastern Oklahoma State College

Mathieu Voros RHP Anjou, Que. ABC

Boston Warkentin RHP Ladner, BC Okotoks Dawgs Washington

Sam White C-3B Aurora, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays West Virginia

Jacob Zibin RHP Langley, BC Langley Blaze TNXL


Canada/PuertoRico Region Honorable Mention

Name Position Hometown HS Summer Commitment Drafted

Evan Ashe C Acton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Mathys Ayotte RHP Drummondville, Que. ABC

Jessy Camire RHP, Kingsey Falls, Que. TNXL Academy ABC

Griffin Catto RHP Whitby, Ont. Toronto Mets

Brady Cerkownyk C Toronto, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Connors State

Zachary Christie 1B Everett, Ont. Ontario Terriers

Kael Clarkson LHP Minesing, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Dodge City CC

Alexis Colle LHP Mercier, Que. ABC

Kai Cumiskey RHP White Rock, BC Brewers Langley Blaze

Benicio Diaz C Maple, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Alex Ellert INF White City, Sask. White Butte Broncos Ontario Blue Jays Cloby CC

Erick Foy RHP Sherbrooke, Que. ABC

Nathan Gagnon OF Otterburn Park, Que. ABC TNXL Academy Canes National

Noah Garrah RHP London, Ont. Ontario Nationals Tusculum

Davis Germann OF Kitchener, Ont. Tri City Giants Morehead State


Heath Hachkowski RHP Red Deer, Alta. TG Dbacks St. Joe’s Ontario Blue Jays

Ayden Hadley C Langley, BC Brewers Langley Blaze

Pierre-Luc Jacques RHP Lévis, Que. ABC

David James RHP London, Ont., Ontario Nationals Team Elite Scout Team South Carolina-Upstate

Blake Jolicoeur 3B Whitby, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Mississauga Tigers’ RHP Sebastian Khan (Brampton, Ont.)

Sebastian Khan RHP Brampton, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Indian Hills CC

Carter Krawchuk RHP St. Catharines, Ont. Fieldhouse Pirates Purdue

Max Lanoue RHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Terriers Stony Brook

Brandon Latter 1B Caledon East, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Jordin Limnidis OF Milton, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays


Owen Luchies RHP Victoria, BC Victoria Eagles

Andrew MacNeil RHP Georgetown, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Matt Marzec RHP Burlington, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Joshua McGuin C Toronto, Ont. Toronto Mets Northstar Baseball South Dakota State

Rhys Montgomery LHP Mississauga, Ont. Mississauga Tigers Connors State College

Corey Morro (Cheltenham, Ont.) of the Ontario Blue Jays.

Ontario Blue Jays INF Corey Morro (Cheltenham, Ont.)

Corey Morro INF Cheltenham, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Cole Patrick OF Markham, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Jack Pineau RHP Thunder Bay, Ont. Toronto Mets

Jakob Poturnak SS Vancouver, BC North Shore Twins Xavier

Michael Quick C Oshawa, Ont. Oshawa Legionnaires McCook CC


Jackson Soucie LHP Cambridge, Ont. Ontario Nationals Midland Redskins Wabash Valley

Jeff Tiw RHP Burlington, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Georgia Highlands

Lucas Vincent OF Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays

Wylie Waters 3B Vancouver, BC North Shore Twins

Liam Watt LHP Burlington, Ont., Ontario Blue Jays LSU-Eunice


James Wilson RHP Toronto, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Walters State CC

Jordan Woods LHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Terriers eXposure 17u prime East Tennessee State

Wil Yamka LHP Oakville, Ont. Ontario Blue Jays Cloud County